Never Kill a Boy on the First Date

Buffy dates. Or tries! I like this episode a lot because it gets back into the overarching season 1 storyline. Some fun stuff with Giles and with Cordelia as well.

Buffy's ability to have a halfway normal life are squelched at each pass. When the Watcher finds something in one of his books, anything she wants to do is put aside. Here she meets a guy named Owen, who is the strong silent type, who is taken with her, but whom she can't inform of her "gifts." There is another on of those things that are predicted, which will allow the master escape from his captivity. Two dates with Owen are ruined by the fact that Buffy is a vampire slayer. Things are prophesied, including the deaths of five people on a mini-bus. There is a long involved scene at a mortuary where Buffy must save the day.

A step uu from the previous episodes but just a little, involving the master was the saving grace and stops it from being a filler episode

Too many Snappy quirky comebacks get old really fast. Buffy not acting like a teenager but a 12-year-old that's boy crazy. Ick, just ick Terrible writing terrible story thank God the rest of the episodes are better.

Is it just me or does this Owen guy look like he could be Buffy's dad? Seriously doesn't he look about 35 years old?

It's a fun episode- definitely not a masterpiece but there are still plenty of good lines and jokes. I always enjoy seeing Xander desperately hanging in the periphery!

I really loved the final reveal at the end! I hope the little kid thing gets explored in subsequent episodes.